Improvement in picture-frames



J. W. TAI-"T.

Picture-Frames.

Wnesses:

Patented Feb. 17,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,`

JOSEPH YV. TAFT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PICTURE-FRAMES.

Specification forming'part of Letters Patent No. 147,528, dated February17, 1874 g application filed February 10, 1873.

CASE A.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. TAFT, of the city of Chicago, in thecounty Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Picture-Frames, of which the following is a fulldescription, ret'- erence being had to the accompanying drawings makinga part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a face View; Fig. 2,a cross-section on line w y of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 shows a variation.

This invention relates to the mat or panel of a picture-frame; and itsobject is to make such mat of wood with a metal lining, and inA such amanner that it will be cheap and dun a-ble.

The best mat is made of three pieces of veneer, u b c, in the drawings,so placed that the grain of the central piece shall be at right angles,or nearly so, with that of the two outer pieces. These pieces of veneerare to be glued together. An oval hole for the picture is cut, as usual,in the mat, and lined with a metallic lining, d, which may be spun in`place, providing an ornament for the hole through the mat, asrepresented in Figs. 1 and 2.

A mat formed in this manner `will not warp,` that tendency beingovercome by placing the veneers at right angles to each other, asdescribed. Y

That portion of the mat which is exposed i to view may be covered withcloth, flock, gold,

metallic leaf, or other suitable substance. In addition a border ofwood, c, is secured to the mat, the exposed portion of the wood beingcovered in any suitable manner, but this portion e is not essential tothe mat.

I sometimes finish this veneer mat by putting on the back thereof athick piece oi' wood, corresponding in form and size with the ovalopening thereof, which piece may be beveled, and the exposed portioncovered with velvet or other suitable material for ornament.

Instead of the metallin ing d described, some other suitable lining maybe used, the object of this lining being to cover the edge of the ovaland furnish an ornament therefor.

I do not confine myself to the use of three pieces of veneer; a greaternumber may be used, but two will not be sufficient.

A very good mat might be made by the use of four pieces of wood, f, Fig.3, cut as repre sented in the drawings, and fitted together, having ahole through the same provided with a metallic lining; but thisincreases the expense of the mat, and adds nothing to its utillWhat Iclaim as new is as follows:

l. A. mat for picture-frames, composed of three or more pieces ofveneer, a b c, joined together and arranged as described, so that thegrain of the central piece shall be at right angles, or nearly so, withthat of the outer or inclosing pieces, substantially as described.

2. A mat for picture-frames, composed of three or more pieces of veneerjoined together, as described, and arranged so that the grain of thecentral piece shall bc at right vangles ornearly so with that of theouter or inclosing pieces, the edges of the pieces at the sight openingbeing secured and protected by lining d, substantially as and for thepurpose herein specified.

JOSEPH W. TAFT. W'itnesses E. A. WEs'r, O. W. BOND.

